Convertible settee and table.



C. E. BEAN. CONVERTIBLE SEUE AND TABLE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. lo. 191s.

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CHARLESEVANS BEAN, OE GARNETT, KANSAS.

CONVERTIBLE SETTEE AND TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 10, 1916. Serial No. 71,140.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES EVANS BEAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Garnett, vin the county of Anderson, State of Kansas, have invented` certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Settees and Tables, of which the following is a. specication.

This invention relates to that class of convertible tables and settees in which the table top is pivotally connected to the ends of the settee, and is adapted in one position to constitute the back of the settee and in the other position to constitute 1a horizontal table top resting upon the end arms of the settee.

The object of the present improvement is to provide a simple and substantial formation and association of parts, whereby the table top is pivotally connected to the frame of the settee in a manner which permits of a ready movement of said table top into its di'erent positions, and by which the table top when in position as a settee back, is held against a forward lifting movement of its upper portion, due to a rearward stress against its lower portion, by the lower portion of the body of the occupant.

In the accompanying drawings: Fig. 1, is a perspective view illustrating the general arrangement of parts of the present invention. rIhe convertible table-top and setteeback being shown in dotted lines in a table forming position, and in full lines in a turned-up position, previous to a nal downward movement to its position as a. settee-back. Fig. 2, is an end elevation, with the parts shown in full lines in the table forming position, and in dotted lines in the settee-forming position. Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section on line Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate 'like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the frame of the settee of any usual form and construction, and comprising a seat member 2, end arms 3, and supporting feet 4, as shown.

5 designates the table top of any usual form.

6 designates a hinge member fixed to an end of the settee frame, and comprising a vertically disposed member formed with a vertically elongated slot 7 and with end attaching fianges or extensions 8, as shown.

9 designates a companion hinge member comprising an elongated bar shaped member formed with an elongated guide slot 10 and and attaching flange 11 at one endvby which it is secured to the table top 5, as shown.

12, designates a pivotal connecting member comprising a central cylindrical stem having sliding engagement in the slots 7 and 10 of the hinge members aforesaid, and held in place therein by end collars or washers 13 as shown.

With the described construction and association of parts the top member 5 isV adapted to rest upon the horizontal top surface of the arms 3 of the structure, and be firmly supported in place when the article is converted for use as a table or stand as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 2. In the operation of converting the article from the above described table or stand arrangement into condition as a seat or settee, the top member 5 will receive an initial upward vertical movement until the pivot member 12 is brought to the upper end of the vertical guide slot 7, and with the parts in such condition a pivotal movement will be im parted to the top member 5, to bring the same to the vertical position shown in full lines in Fig. 1. The top member is then slid downward into its inal vertical position, shownv in dotted lines in Fig. 2, in eX- tended bearing contact with the adjacent vertical faces of the arms 3 of the structure. Said final movement of the member 5 takes place under the control of its associated hinge member 9, and the pivot member 12, with a downward movement of said pivot member 12 in the guide slot 7, and such ldownward movement is limited by abutment of the rounded lower edge of the top member 5 against the legs 4, as illustrated in Fig. 2. With the movements just described, a rigid and substantial support of the member 5 in its position as a settee back is attained in an eective manner, and any tendency to a forward tilt of the upper portion of said member 5 by a backward shift of the lower part of the body of the occupant is eectively prevented by the abutment of the portion of said member 5 above its hinge members `9, against the upper portions of the arms 3, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described my said in- Patented. Sept. 26, 1916.'

vention what I claim as,V new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a settee, a table top, a hinge member secured to an end' of the settee frame and formed with a vertically elongated guide slot, a companion hinge member secured. tothe table top and formed With an elongated slot, and a pivotal connecting member having sliding engagement l0 in the aforesaid slots, substantially as set forth.

2. The Combination of a settee, a table top, a hinge member secured to an end of the settee frame and formed with a vertically elongated guide slot, a companion hingemember secured to the table top and formed With an elongatedA slot, and a pivotal connecting member having sliding engagement in the aforesaid slots, and comprising a central cylindrical `stem and conning end heads or eellars, substantially as set forth;

Signed at Garnett, Kansas7 this 6th day of January, 1916.

' CHARLES EVANSV BEAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive centseach, by addressinz'tho Commissioner of Zlat'entl,` Washington, D; 63'" 

